Homebrewing1 min read★ Homebrewing: My Strawberry-Rhubarb Berliner Weisse In August, I found a yeast strain on discount at the home-brew store as it was nearly expired.…January 9, 2013
Homebrewing3 min read★ Homebrewing: Racking some recent beers to kegs and some initial thoughts A quick end of year update on home brewing I began this journey in May and have brewed…December 27, 2012
Homebrewing3 min read★ Homebrewing: Sampling my latest batches now that fermentation has slowed / stopped Tonight, I took some samples of the batches of beer brewed 2 weeks ago. These will all spend…December 4, 2012
Homebrewing1 min read★ Homebrewing: My 5 Gallon Carboy split in half overnight This was a bummer to wake up to this morning. 5 gallons of wort was on the floor.…November 28, 2012
Homebrewing2 min read★ Homebrewing: Lovely, lively full fermenters I’m actually brewing ONE more batch of beer tomorrow which will equal 5 total beers fermenting with 4…November 26, 2012
Homebrewing2 min read★ Homebrewing: My first All-Grain Stout The beauty of an oily and viscous wort coming out of the mash-tun and into the brew kettle…November 26, 2012
Homebrewing2 min read★ Homebrewing: What is brewing next? It was back in early-September that I wrote about home brewing another batch of various beers. Those beers…November 23, 2012
Homebrewing1 min read★ Homebrewing: HEY LOOK! A mash tun! I got this guy setup over the weekend. Ordered it from Midwest supplies. After my failed BIAB experiment,…November 19, 2012
Homebrewing1 min read★ Homebrewing: Finally, a proper “what’s on tap” using Chalk Paper I’m tired of friends coming over asking what’s on tap. It’s not much work to list things out…November 10, 2012
Homebrewing1 min read★ Homebrewing: My “crappy” all-grain beers are tasting MUCH nicer now! The raspberry hefeweizen has found a nice balance despite the low ABV. The citra is still too bitter…November 10, 2012
Homebrewing1 min read★ Homebrewing: Beautiful Fly Larvae in my Lambic Dregs Starter I posted this on HomeBrewTalk. Figured it would be fun to share it here: Looks like I made…October 25, 2012
Homebrewing3 min read★ All-Grain….more like All-Fail Before I start, I’m not discouraged. I actually saw this coming and the lesson has taught me a…October 21, 2012
Homebrewing1 min read★ Linked: Harvesting Sour Beer Deregs Harvesting Sour Beer Dregs by The Mad Fermentationist is worth a link. It’s one of those pages I…October 21, 2012
Homebrewing2 min read★ Pipeline Update Last month, I brewed a few beers that were just outside of my comfort zone, all-grain Hefe and…October 8, 2012
Homebrewing1 min read★ Seeing Reviews of my Homebrew on Untappd It is a cool feeling to see my friends opening up bottles I gave them. This beer is…October 1, 2012
Homebrewing1 min read★ Homebrewing: The Pipeline is slowly recovering I wrote a couple of weeks ago about what’s coming up and how my pipeline was empty aside…September 24, 2012
Homebrewing4 min read★ Homebrewing: My First “Sour’ I hate the term “sour” just as much as you do. Any fan of wild beer will tell…September 13, 2012
Homebrewing1 min read★ My first Imperial IPA…unsurprisingly lacks balance I brewed this just about 4 weeks ago. It was in the fermenter for 3 weeks and then…September 11, 2012
Homebrewing4 min read★ Homebrewing: A Brief Update and What’s in The Pipeline My pipeline is almost empty. This is a scary thought because a few things transpired in the last…September 9, 2012
Homebrewing2 min read★ Homebrewing: The Blichmann Beer Gun As I posted on HomeBrewTalk this week: The beer gun arrived yesterday. I’m glad that I spent the…August 17, 2012